Events List
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List of Events
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Monday, January 6, 2025
(all day)
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Workshops
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Echoes & Reflection's signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
Participate in three modules which will provide you with an overview of Echoes & Reflections and its associated resources, a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust, background information on the history of antisemitism, and time to consider effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic.
Course Details:
Program includes three interactive modules; approximately 6 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsComplete all three modules for a 6-hour certificateFinal module includes additional time to complete optional final project for a 10-hour certificateGraduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information.
Course Schedule:
Modules Open: Monday, January 6thOptional Final Project and Course Close: Sunday, February 2nd
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Learn about the comprehensive resources available in Echoes & Reflections.Be introduced to a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust.Practice instructional strategies designed to help your students learn about the complex history of the Holocaust.Enhance your own knowledge about the history of antisemitism.Identify strategies for integrating visual history testimony into your Holocaust instruction.Develop strategies for introducing students to a variety of primary sources.(Optional) Prepare a final project to take back to the classroom.Become part of a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocide.
To enroll, click here.
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Monday, January 6, 2025
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Location upon registration
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Description:
Co-hosted by Ike Brown & Todd Platt.
The Consul General of Israel for the Southwest, Livia Link-Raviv, will be in attendance as well.
Tickets are $18.
To register, click here.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
As part of her course Paris under the Occupation and its [Non-]Places of Memory, University of Pennsylvania Senior Lecturer Mélanie Péron embarked on the project of annotating the journal of Hélène Berr (2008) to enable her students to understand, to the extent possible, the young woman's world despite the historical and cultural distance that separates them from it. Didactizing the text quickly revealed a wonderful facet rarely mentioned in commentaries on the published journal: its hospitality. Indeed, within the cover of its pages, Hélène sheltered a multitude of History's castaways, making her intimate account a refuge for the stories of others. Both students and teacher followed the pebbles sown by Hélène to give a name, sometimes a face, a biography to people who have rarely been able to tell their story afterwards. The many threads of this collective needlework have intersected many times with the Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive. Hélène's fatal deportation didn't leave her time to write her memoirs. Nonetheless, she left behind a time capsule enabling us to discover an often-forgotten reality and, above all, people in all their humanity before they were reduced, like her, to a typed line on a convoy list. This presentation will feature four stories of Jewish children mentioned in the diary and highlight the roles, official and clandestine, played by the controversial Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF) Hélène volunteered at. It will also offer a possible answer to the harrowing question: how to teach about the Shoah despite the inexorable disappearance of the last remaining witnesses?
Mélanie Péron is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the associate director of the Penn-in-Tours summer program. She was the recipient of the USC Shoah Foundation Rutman Fellowship for Research and Teaching (2016-2017). As a Price Lab for Digital Humanities fellow, she created a multimedia digital map of Occupied Paris and two websites related to the Holocaust in France: Occupied Paris and En marge du journal d’Hélène Berr.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
Poetry can be used as a powerful tool to teach about the Holocaust, connecting students to the human experience of survivors and victims and providing new perspectives. In this webinar, tailored to ELA teachers as well as the broader teaching community, educational developer and researcher Orit Margaliot will show you how to use poetry written before, during, and after the Holocaust as an educational resource. We will discuss questions of choice, historical and artistic connections, as well as pedagogy and appropriate writing assignments.
This webinar connects to Units 1, 4, 5, and 7 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Central Library Auditorium
600 Soledad Street
San Antonio, TX, 78205United States
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Description:
The survivors of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, and those condemned to its death marches, were liberated by San Antonio’s own U.S. Army 90th Infantry Division from Fort Sam Houston (known as the Tough ‘Ombres). Join the museum community as we learn about this story of bravery and rescue.
Speakers:Dr. Edward Westermann, Professor of History, Texas A&M-San AntonioJacqueline Davis, Director, Fort Sam Houston Museum
Sponsored by: San Antonio Public Library, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, and San Antonio Library Foundation
To register, click here.
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Sunday, January 12, 2025
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual Event via Zoom
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Description:
Ruth Reif was a Holocaust survivor who endured unimaginable hardships, from her childhood in Poland to surviving the ghettos, Auschwitz, and forced labor camps. Despite losing her entire family and facing profound trauma, she rebuilt her life, creating a home in America and sharing her story to educate others.
Through her granddaughter’s reflections, we learn about Ruth's courage, her struggles with the lasting effects of the Holocaust, and her enduring legacy of resilience. Her story is a poignant reminder of the strength of the human spirit and the importance of preserving history to prevent future acts of hatred.
This is a virtual program. Registration is required. Registration closes Sat, Jan. 11 at 5pm. Library staff will email the Zoom link for the event separately before the program.
Register here: https://guides.mysapl.org/holo...
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Sunday, January 12, 2025
at 2:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
DHHRM
300 N. Houston,
Dallas, TX 75202
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Description:
Join DHHRM for a film screening of Family Treasures Lost and Found, in which journalist and second-generation survivor Karen Frenkel unearths her family’s history and subsequent treasures, sharing the harrowing stories of her parents and grandparents during the Holocaust. As Frenkel digs into the family’s experiences, the history of the Shoah unfolds: the world that existed before, the myriad ways these Jews confronted their fate, and the life-and-death choices they faced. She also comes to understand how her parents grappled with their survival. Frenkel’s exploration is both engaging and poignant; as the child of survivors, she not only uncovers her own past but also makes her family's story resonate universally.
Film run time: 1 hr 17 min
Any views, opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
To reserve tickets, click here.
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Monday, January 13, 2025
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Participate in this asynchronous online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of Elie Wiesel’s seminal text, Night. We applaud your commitment to teaching this topic and are eager to support you to ensure your students are able to engage in thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate learning.
Course Details:
Course opens on January 13, 2025 at 7AM ET; approximately 4 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsComplete all activities for a 4-hour certificateGraduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Apply a sound pedagogy when planning and implementing effective Holocaust education. Explore Echoes & Reflections multimedia assets including the correlated visual history testimonies and other primary resources and materials.Build confidence and capacity to teach the text Night grounded in historical context. Understand and construct activities that build context around antisemitism, the ghettos, and the Final Solution.
To enroll, click here.
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Monday, January 13, 2025
at 5:00pm -
6:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual via Zoom
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Description:
Oral testimony is one way to document history directly from those who experienced it themselves. Using oral history interviews and their transcriptions, this presentation will discuss the experiences of Holocaust survivors who were liberated from various concentration camps as children. How did their experiences differ from adults? What kinds of unique challenges did they face? How were they impacted by their liberation? "In Their Words: Children's Experiences of Liberation" will dive into these questions and more.
This is a virtual program. Registration is required. Registration closes Mon, Jan. 13 at 10am. Library staff will email the Zoom link for the event separately before the program.
Register here: https://guides.mysapl.org/holo...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Holocaust denial and distortion have a legacy that began with the Holocaust itself and has become especially virulent in an era where fewer and fewer firsthand survivors and witnesses remain. Replacing history and evidence with antisemitic conspiracy thinking, Holocaust denial and distortion threaten human rights and democratic values worldwide. Today, the internet, and particularly social media, is the primary source for the spread of this issue.Testimony-based education plays an essential role in stopping this spread by building students’ resilience to the antisemitic conspiracy thinking that grounds Holocaust denial and distortion. USC Shoah Foundation holds one of the largest collections of Holocaust survivor testimonies that are featured on IWitness, the award-winning educational website.
Join this webinar, led by USC Shoah Foundation’s Lesly Culp, Director of Education and Lacey Schauwecker, Program Administrator, to learn how testimony-based resources provide students with critical thinking skills that can increase their ability to respond to antisemitism, including that of Holocaust denial and distortion.This webinar connects to Units 10 - 12 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Cody Library
11441 Vance Jackson Road
San Antonio, TX, 78230
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Description:
When Rose Sherman Williams was just twelve years old, the Nazis invaded her hometown in Poland. For the next five years, Rose was in various ghettos and concentration camps, including Auschwitz and one of the most despicable camps of all: Bergen-Belsen. But miraculously, despite beatings and starvation, she survived to be liberated.
Becky Hoag, the co-author of Rose Williams’ memoir "Letters to Rose", will share Rose’s story through excerpts from the book. Becky will not only discuss Rose’s liberation from Bergen-Belsen but also her other spiritual and physical liberations during her five years in ghettos and camps. Rose Williams’ story is one of tragedy and resilience, of desperation and hope, of captivity and liberation.
at Cody Library
Learn more: https://guides.mysapl.org/holo...
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
at 9:00am -
10:00am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
“Digital Frontlines: The Challenges and Solutions to Fighting Online Antisemitism” is a timely two-part program that brings together leading experts to examine the complex intersection of technologies, digital platforms, and antisemitism. Part One explores the current landscape, delving into how technology and digital platforms have accelerated the spread of hate speech, antisemitism, and disinformation. In Part Two, a panel of esteemed leaders from civil society, policymakers, scholars, and technology entrepreneurs at the forefront of combating hate and disinformation will share their knowledge and collaborate on developing innovative solutions for monitoring, documenting, and preventing the spread of online hate targeting Jewish communities.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
at 11:00am -
12:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Hybrid- online & in person at Aaron Family JCC
7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX
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Description:
Antisemitism has been described as a virus that mutates. In each historical period, hatred of Jews takes on a different form or focus, often as a reaction to the prevailing ideology of the time – be it religious, racist, or political.
In the aftermath of the October 7 massacre and the ongoing war in Gaza, antisemitism is, once again, reaching levels not seen since the Holocaust. Therefore, it is crucial for learners to understand the historical processes that have given rise to today’s antisemitism. This understanding will help them comprehend the underlying forces and the recurring tropes used to depict Jews and the Jewish State over time.
In this six-part course, learners will explore pivotal periods, such as the interactions between Jews and early Christianity and Islam, medieval manifestations in Christian Europe, the rise of racially motivated antisemitism leading to the Holocaust, the influence of communism and Islamism on perceptions of Jews, and the contemporary landscape of antisemitism, encompassing both extreme right-wing and left-wing ideologies.
Join us to deepen your understanding of the development of antisemitism since ancient times.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
at 6:00pm -
7:15pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
In this time of rising antisemitism, we hope you join us for the opportunity to learn from renowned scholar Dr. Michael Berenbaum. This three session class will address the roots of antisemitism and its shifting context through millennia.
The class will begin with an overview of religious-based antisemitism in Christianity and Islam, including the ramifications of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The next session will address the so-called "scientific" antisemitism embraced by Nazi ideology. The class will conclude with a final session dedicated to exploring antisemitism today.
Dr. Michael Berenbaum is the Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust and a Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University. The author and editor of 24 books, he was also the Executive Editor of the Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. He was Project Director overseeing the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the first Director of its Research Institute and later served as President and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which took the testimony of 52,000 Holocaust survivors in 32 languages and 57 countries. His work in film has won Emmy Awards and Academy Awards. His has developed and curated Museums in the United States, Mexico, North Macedonia and Poland and his award winning exhibition Auschwitz” Not Long Ago, Not Far Away has been in Madrid and Malmo, New York, Kansas City and most recently at the Ronald Regan Library in California and will soon open in Boston.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
at 6:30pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage
5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004
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Description:
The Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute’s evening program will feature a special film screening and conversation around Latin American rescue during the Holocaust. The Rescue Film-Concerto is a performative film experience that combines a 60-min documentary film with a live musical performance of its musical soundtrack to recount the little-known story of ‘Righteous’ Colonel José Arturo Castellanos. Castellanos collaborated with his Jewish friend to save thousands of Jewish lives during the Holocaust by issuing Salvadoran nationality certificates while working as a diplomat putting his life and family at great risk. This ground-breaking Film-Concerto concept was developed by filmmakers Alvaro and Boris Castellanos, grandsons of Colonel Castellanos, as an emotionally engaging and uplifting way to tell the story of their grandfather and as a pioneering narrative in Holocaust education and commemoration of the ‘Righteous Among the Nations’. The program will feature a talk back with the filmmakers, Alvaro and Boris Castellanos.
This is a bilingual program with interpretation services available in English and Spanish.
The Silverman Latin American Institute, supported by the Lt. David L. Silverman Endowment Fund, is an international bilingual conference that brings educators from Latin America and the United States together to study the Holocaust, human rights, and social justice. Silverman Fellows are immersed in historical and pedagogical content while creating international networks that strengthen educational collaborations.
If you need assistance with registration, please call Laurie Garcia at 713-527-1611.
To register, click HERE.
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